Weekly Rochester Events #621 Starting Thursday, December 2, 2010
|
Tonight at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is Scout and School Night from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
The Park Avenue Holiday Open House (Park Ave. at Alexander St. to Culver Rd.) runs today from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. [source: City Hall press release] Tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m. is a performance of Arsenic and Old Lace at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) [source: MuCCC website] 
Updated:
Alison Bechdel will discuss Drawing Words, Reading Pictures at tonight's lecture in the The Caroline Werner Gannett Project in Ingle Auditorium at RIT (One Lomb Memorial Dr., campus map) at 8 p.m.
[source:
Caroline Werner Gannett Project website]
Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The Eastman Jazz Ensemble starting at 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar: "witness the gender-bending David Bowie as he struts his provocative self across the big stage, glitters in the spotlight, and finally bids a fond adieu to his glam Ziggy Stardust persona." Plus it's a brand new 35mm print.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) will be hosting Charlie Faye starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene e-mail]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Black Umbrella, and Attic Abasement starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
This evening at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is the Pure Kona Poety Reading and Open Mic starting at 8 p.m. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] |
|
Updated:
Today from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Downtown Canandaigua (N. Main St. and West Ave., Canandaigua) is their Holiday Art Walk.
[source:
Downtown Canandaigua e-mail]
Tonight is another First Fridays around art galleries downtown starting around 5 p.m. [source: First Friday website] The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) will have an Artists' Reception from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. for the Holiday Show 2010, on display through December 23. [source: Image City Photography Gallery e-mail] The 20th Annual Members Exhibition opens tonight at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.) starting at 6 p.m. [source: Rochester Contemporary e-mail] [all ages]
The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is hosting an Opening Reception for artwork by Rachel Dow with music by Tumul all starting around 6 p.m.
[source:
Carbon Records calendar]
Today from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. is the opening of the Winter Craft Annual Holiday Show and Sale at The Firehouse Gallery at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) [source: Genesee Center for the Arts calendar] Tonight at The Record Archive (33 1/3 Rockwood St.) is The Consolation Project starting around 6 p.m.
[source:
WBER calendar]
Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Community Darkroom at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) is the Opening Reception for Reflections on Simplicity which runs through February 3. [source: Genesee Center for the Arts calendar] Bernunzio Uptown Music (122 East Ave.) will be hosting the nicely harmonius rock band Walri starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
Golden Link website]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8 p.m. is Phantogram, fantastic ska-influenced, synth-laden pop/rock from SPORTS, and Animal Pants.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at The Harro East Theatre and Ballroom (155 North Chestnut St.) is Ricky Lee Jones starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Harro East calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Yabu no naka no kuroneko (Black Cat) starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 7 p.m. According to the Eastman House calendar, "the eerie, doom-laden Kuroneko adapts a classic Japanese revenge fable, centering on a peasant mother and daughter-in-law who are brutalized and left for dead by a gang of samurai. Set in the countryside against a tumultuous, symbolic civil war, the women's spirits begin to exact ultimate justice on the men who wronged them."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
This Other Life plays at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) for Happy Hour from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., then Whitey Morgan and the 78's take over at 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene e-mail]
Tonight at The Lovin' Cup (300 Park Point Dr., #110) is excellent ska-driven rock from The Beaumonts starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) will be hosting good, crowd-pleasing reggae from Thunder Body, Sophistafunk, and Mosaic Foundation starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) will be hosting RedLine Zydeco starting around 10 p.m. [source: the proverbial grapevine] |
|
This afternoon and evening starting at 1 p.m. is It's a Wonderful Life in the South Wedge along South Avenue near Lux Lounge (666 South Ave.)
[source:
Upper Mount Hope Neighborhood Association e-mail]
[21+]
This evening around The Liberty Pole (1 Liberty Pole Way) is a Family Fun Day starting around 3 p.m. culminating with The Annual Lighting of the Liberty Pole at 8 p.m. [source: City Hall press release] Updated: Today from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Downtown Canandaigua (N. Main St. and West Ave., Canandaigua) is their a Canandaigua Wine Walk featuring wines from the Finger Lakes. [source: Downtown Canandaigua e-mail] The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) is sponsoring A Taste of Jamaican Holiday Hors d'Oeuvres starting around 6 p.m. [source: Baobab website] Today at Inikori Dance Studio (1060 University Ave.) is a Ballroom Party with classes starting at 6:15 p.m. and the party at 7 p.m. [source: RocWiki calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Boxing Gym starting at 8 p.m. and again tomorrow at 5 p.m., a documentary of the people at Richard Lord's Boxing Gym (5400 North Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX).
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Today at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is a Special Left of Center Stage Variety Show at 8:30 p.m. They say to "bring your own mug".
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
The All Hank Band will be at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene e-mail]
Philo Beddoe, and The Vinyl Orange Ottoman will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at The Lovin' Cup (300 Park Point Dr., #110) is a great stage show and excellent surf-based rock from The Isotopes, and The Spirit Of Ontario starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Rochester Music Coalition calendar]
[21+]
|
|
Holidays at the Market takes place today at The Rochester Public Market (280 Union St. N.) from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
[source:
City Hall press release]
Today at 10 a.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a Pancake Breakfast with St. Nick and Santa. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] At the end of my street, A Healing Sanctuary (1722 Mt. Hope Ave.) has an Open House today from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. today. [source: sign] Today at 2 p.m. is a What's Up Lecture at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) with Susan Dyer discussing The Story of the Sea: reading the painting as a narrative. [source: Memorial Art Gallery calendar] [all ages] Joe Blackburn will play the Aeolian pipe organ for the Musicale at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) today from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] Today from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is a Holiday Show and Sale with the works of Michelle Bellanti, and Cheryl Bagley. [source: Abilene e-mail]
Today at 6 p.m. at The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley (GAGV) Youth Center (875 E. Main St.) is a screening of Tying the Knot.
[source:
Gay Alliance website]
|
|
Over at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m. is The Eastman Wind Ensemble, and The Eastman Wind Orchestra.
[source:
Eastman School of Music calendar]
[all ages]
|
 National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (half-staff until sunset)
This morning at 7:30 a.m. in the cafeteria overlooking the arboretum in Bausch and Lomb (140 Stone St.) is the Artists Breakfast Group meeting ... anyone interested in art or creativity is invited.
Tonight at 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church (2000 Highland Ave.) is a screening and discussion of Trevor.
[source:
Gay Alliance website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Lonesome starting at 8 p.m. a "dazzling, visually expressive masterpiece set against a vibrant New York City" boy-meets-girl story.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
|
|
Tonight in the Community Room at The Auditorium Center (875 Main St E.) at 7 p.m. is a BDsM 101 sponsored by The Rochester Kink Society.
[source:
Gay Alliance website]
The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble will be at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Girl Can't Help It starting at 8 p.m. in which Jayne Mansfield plays a girl coerced to become a pop singer. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Em Wolf's Big Bad Birthday Bash with Bad Taste, Total Babes, Raunchy Sex, and Grimetime.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. is Over the Edge. [source: Abilene website] |
| Last Week |
Respond
| Read Guestbook
| Sign Guestbook
|
(Note that you can add comments to specific blog entries.)
Current Rochester Weather
Rank #621 for the week of December 2, 2010:
Digg it. |
Digg it. |
Internet Movie Database
On this day ... December 2
Advertising:
DreamHost Web Hosting
I use DreamHost to run JayceLand.com. Click the ad to buy hosting and I'll get money to run my site. Hooray!
Store at CafePress
Buy some JayceLand junk at sky high prices!
Related Sites:
&after='); ?>
indicates a "guaranteed" best bet for the particular genre of the indicated event.
links to a band's page on GarageBand.com which offers reviews and information about bands.
links to a band's page on MySpace.com which is a friend-networking site that is popular with bands.